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Aloo Chole

Aloo chole is a traditional savoury dish popular in Pakistan and India. It is chick peas cooked in spices along with potatoes. It is a favourite street food snack. The color varies from yellow to brown depending on personal choice. It can either be a dry or a gravy curry.

Ingredients and Preparation

Chick peas also called as garbanzo beans and potatoes are the main ingredients of aloo chole. Soaked and cooked beans are used. The dish is flavoured with spices like turmeric, ginger, cumin, coriander powder, garam masala, pomegranate seeds and chilli powder. Onion, garlic and tomato are also used to make the gravy.

Onion, garlic, ginger and tomato are cooked in oil. Chick peas and potatoes are added along with the spices and cooked together on a slow flame.

Serving

Aloo chole is served with leavened or unleavened bread like naan and kulcha.

It is also served with rice or pulao along with raita and papad.

It is topped on potato cutlets called tikki along with chopped onions and chutneys.

It is also served as a salad topped with lime juice and chopped onion tomato.